Photo-induced space charge fields, photo-voltaic, photorefractivity, and optical wave mixing in nematic liquid crystals

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 321, Issue , 1998, Pages 419-438

  Khoo, I C ^a   Guenther, Brett D ^a   Slussarenko, S ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Beam amplification; Fullerene; Holographic grating; Light valve; Nematic; Photo voltaic; Photorefractivity; Storage; Wave mixing

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DYES; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; FULLERENES; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

PHOTOINDUCED SPACE CHARGE FIELDS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0032178085     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587259808025107     Document Type: Article

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